Upcoming Events
Please note: The events listed below are subject to change. Go to ORU Athletics for complete sports schedules.
August 2025
16 - Alumni Parent & Legacy Student Luncheon, 1:00-2:00 p.m., Lippencott Auditorium at the Global Learning Center. This event is for ORU alumni parents and their "new ORU student" sons and daughters. RSVP now!
16 - New students move in.
18-20 - Registration; returning students move in.
21 - Classes begin!
September 2025
1 - Labor Day - no classes.
4 - Women's Basketball: 3rd annual Golden Girls Dinner, 6:00 p.m., Five Oaks Lodge in Jenks, OK. This is the annual kickoff event for the Golden Girls Club. Come and get to know the team. Guest speaker: Leslee Holliday, wife of former MLB star Matt Holliday. Purchase tickets.
6 - ORU Theatre presents "The 24-Hour Play Festival," 7:00 p.m., Lewandowski Black Box Theatre @ the Peggy V. Helmerich Media Arts Center. Ticket info coming soon!
18-21 - ORU Theatre presents "Leveling Up," 7:30 p.m. (Sept. 18-20) & 2:00 p.m. (Sept. 20 & 21), Lewandowski Black Box Theatre @ the Peggy V. Helmerich Media Arts Center. Ticket info coming soon!
27 - Liverpool Legends: The Complete Beatles Experience, 7:00 p.m., Mabee Center. Tickets.
October 2025
4-12 - Fall Break
15-19 - ORU Theatre presents "The Importance of Being Earnest," 7:30 p.m. (Oct. 15-18) & 2:00 p.m. (Oct. 19), Bridgman Theatre @ the Peggy V. Helmerich Media Arts Center. Ticket info coming soon!
21 - Courtside Countdown! This is an annual dinner event that introduces the men's and women's basketball teams and their coaches. Stay tuned for time/place and ticket and sponsorship details.
31 - ORU Music presents the Fall Choir Concert, 7:00 p.m., Bridgman Theatre @ the Peggy V. Helmerich Media Arts Center.
November 2025
13-15 - Homecoming! Register now! The "EarlyEli" discount on ticketed events ends on Labor Day, so get your tickets by Sept. 1. Tickets.
23 - Big Daddy Weave "Let It Begin Tour," 7:00 p.m., Mabee Center. Tickets.
26-30 - Thanksgiving Break
December 2025
9 - Grady Nichols Christmas Show, 7:00 p.m., Mabee Center. Tickets.